Tag: Bahujan Samaj Party

Sexual Assault
Girl Accuses Father, SP, BSP Leaders Of Sexual Assault

The accused include her father, Samajwadi Party (SP) district president Tilak Yadav, SP city president Rajesh Jain Jojhiya, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) district president Deepak Ahirwar and others.

  • Wednesday, 13 October 2021
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Congress minimum income sop a cruel joke: Mayawati

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday reacted sharply to the Congress pledge to ensure minimum income for the poor and termed the announcement a “cruel joke” that has left the “entire nation stunned and suspicious”. In a statement, the 63-year-old leader said the announcement by Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Chhattisgarh on […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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NCW sends notice to BJP MLA over remarks on Mayawati

New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday sent a notice to BJP MLA Sadhana Singh for her disparaging remarks against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati. Singh, who represents Mughalsarai in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, at a rally on Saturday called Mayawati “worse than a transgender” and accused her of being an […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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BSP to support Congress in Madhya Pradesh

New Delhi: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to extend support to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh where the latter emerged as the single largest party but fell short of majority by two seats, party chief Mayawati said here on Wednesday. She said the BSP would also support the Congress in Rajasthan to keep […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Former BSP leader accuses Mayawati of seeking Rs 5 crore for Lok Sabha ticket

Lucknow: Former Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) Mukul Upadhyaya on Friday alleged that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati had sought money to give him the Lok Sabha ticket from Aligarh, a charge refuted by the BSP. Hours after he was expelled from the party, he said the four-time chief minister had sought […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Mayawati quits Rajya Sabha

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati on Tuesday quit the Rajya Sabha, hours after she threatened to resign after she was stopped from speaking for more than three minutes in the house on atrocities on Dalits.

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Mayawati threatens to resign from RS

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday threatened to resign from the Rajya Sabha after she was not allowed to raise the issue of atrocities on Dalits. “I have come to this House to be the voice of the Dalits and backwards — to raise their issues. But when I am not […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Naseemuddin Siddiqui forms new political party

Lucknow: Expelled Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui floated his new political party – Rashtriya Bahaman Morcha on Saturday. Siddiqui, at one time the closest confidante of Mayawati, said that his new party would follow the ideals of Dr B.R. Ambedkar and BSP founder Kanshiram. He also alleged that the BSP had deviated from […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Expelled BSP leader meets Yogi to seeks security cover be continued

Lucknow: Expelled Bahujan Samaj Party leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday and requested that the Z security cover provided to him be continued. In the 15-minute-long meeting, Siddiqui, who was thrown out of the BSP by Mayawati last week and subsequently released a series of audio tapes of his […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Election Commission begins all-party meet on EVM
EC all-party meet on EVMs begins

New Delhi: An all party meeting with the Election Commission on the issue of alleged EVM tampering began here on Friday. Representatives of seven national parties and 48 state parties were invited by the poll panel for the meeting at the Constitution Club, to reassure the parties that Electronic Voting Machines cannot be tampered with […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Modi wins landslide in UP, crushes SP, Congress, BSP

Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday scored a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh in a major boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, halfway through his first term, and decimated rivals, the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance and the BSP. Riding on the Modi wave, the BJP swept to an unprecedented two-thirds majority winning a whopping […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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BSP chief Mayawati gets active on Twitter

Lucknow: In a sign that she is ready to embrace changing times and politics, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday announced that she will be active on social media, a party statement said. She joined Twitter on January 22 and her first tweet said: “Hello, brothers and sisters. With due respect let me […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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BSP chief Mayawati won't contest Lok Sabha elections

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday said she will not contest the Lok Sabha elections. “Keeping in mind the current political situation, I have decided not to contest the Lok Sabha elections,” Mayawati told the media.

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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Congress expels two rebel candidates in Karnataka

Bengaluru: The Congress on Saturday expelled two party members for contesting against official candidates it fielded jointly with ruling coalition partner Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in two Karnataka Lok Sabha seats. “Rebel candidates Amrith Shenoy and Shanul Haq have been expelled from the party for contesting against official candidates in Udupi-Chickmagalur and Bidar parliamentary seats,” Congress […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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BSP releases fourth list for Lok Sabha polls

Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday released its fourth list of 16 candidates to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh. From Gazipur, the BSP has fielded sitting MP Afzal Ansari against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Manoj Sinha, who is also the Minister of State for Railways. The party has given the […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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